Anthill Economics: Animal Ecosystems and the Human Economy

Drawing from the nascent field of biophysical economics, Anthill Economics puts forth a radical new way of thinking: as twenty-first-century citizens, the global economy truly is our human ecosystem. It is where raw materials are sourced, goods are supplied, energy is converted, and capital is exchanged. Shouldn't it stand to reason that the same principles that affect animal ecosystems similarly apply to our-albeit more complex-human ecosystem, too?



Gronewold draws comparisons from both the...